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// The Visitor 
// Story: Magic in our Cards 
// by Draxonos135 
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Back in Other-Questria, Princess Twilight was on her knees, catching her breath while Yukari, sitting in the air and sipping a cup of tea, looked over her with a smile. "Very well done, Your Highness! You lasted even longer than your friend did!"

Twilight, however, didn't have enough breath to reply back, so she simply gave the youkai a thumbs up. This was before Yukari helped her stand up, and she opened a portal in front of her, which she moved and manipulated for a bit before she closed it, Princess Twilight feeling perfectly fine soon afterwards.

"I... I feel fine now... almost as if we hadn't fought at all!" Twilight remarked, looking at her hands to see all her bruises were gone. "What did you do?"

"I manipulated the boundary between exhaustion and physical fitness in order to heal you," Yukari casually explained, almost as if she did this often. "I moved it for a bit and removed your exhaustion."

"With this kind of power, you could potentially start a fight, heal your enemy or ally, and continue fighting forever," Twilight said, clenching her fists before she turned to Yukari with a wide smile. "Could we hang out later together so I can test the limits of your abilities?"

Yukari flew to Twilight, put her hand on her chin, and leaned closer to her face as she said with a sultry tone, "Miss Your Highness, are you flirting with me?"

Twilight blushed and backed away. "N-N-N-Not at all! I'm just very interested in seeing what your boundary-manipulation technique is capable of! I-I mean, it just seems like such a ridiculously useful ability!"

"Oh, it pretty much is. And dont get me wrong, I'd love to help you find out more about it,"  Yukari replied. "But the more power one gains, the more mad they grow. And I don't feel comfortable leaving the fate of the new system on the hands of a madwoman."

"Right, I guesx I was a bit too excited at the prospect, hehe," Twilight twiddled her fingers. "So, what do we do now?"

"We need to spread the word about the incoming system; the more people know, the less the scandal that'll happen when it's eventually implemented," Yukari explained, taking a few steps and looking around the scenery as she aded, "Do you know anybody from this dimension, outside of Sunset, that has had an experience with magic before?"

"Yeah, Sunset has a group of friends, who-" Twilight's eyes widened at one horrible realization. "Don't know you're here! Yukari, you must-!"

Before Twilight could finish, Applejack sped past her and clenched her fists, aiming them right at the seemingly unaware Yukari. She swiftly dodged the strikes, and snapped her fingers, opening a portal and summoning a train that was heading full speed.

Applejack, however, quickly stood her group and aimed her hand in front of the train, a pink figure appearing next to her and doing the same as the duo used their strength to stop the train right on its tracks.

It took a little bit of effort to get it to stop, but once it did, Yukari opened another portal to take out the train, allowing Applejack and Pinkie to catch their breath and grab their arms.

"Girls!" Twilight exclaimed. "Are you okay?!"

"We've been through worse, Your Highness," Applejack replied, tipping her hat as she threw a glare at Yukari. "As long as dat woman didn't get t' do anythin' to ya, dat's good."

"The rest of the girls will be here in-"

Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy appeared soon afterwards.

"Right now, apparently."

"Wait, don't attack her!" Twilight exclaimed, getting between the girls and Yukari's path. "I know she's very suspicious, but hear me out: she's something completely out of this world, if you face her, I don't know if you'll come out alive!"

"Well we can't just let her roam around like she owns the dimension!" Rainbow Dash replied, pounding her fists. "We need to teach her how-"

"I couldn't defeat her, even after going all out!" Twilight snapped.

This quickly caught through the skulls of the girls, even the particularly thick one of Rainbow Dash. "Well, dang, if that's true, then there's little we can do about her."

"Not that you'd have to do anything in the first place: I came here in peace," Yukari replied as she walked to and put a hand in Twilight's shoulder. "All I want is to help Princess Twilight here, implement a magic system to allow this dimension an easier time defending itself from magic's corrupting abilities."

Rarity scratched her chin and hummed. "Having a system could help, especially after seeing what corruption by magic can do to a person, but we should hear Sunset's opinion first."

"Oh, she's up for it," Yukari replied with a wave of her hand. "She's currently visiting my world in order to get a spellcard. She'll use it an example of what to expect from this new system, so, she might take a while to-"

Suddenly, a portal opened, and Sunset Shimmer jumped, wearing the white and red priestess dress Reimu handed her, immediately getting everybody's attention. Seeing Yukari, Twilight, and her friends around, she smiled and chirped:

"Hi everyone."